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9. Wolocus ; 10. Stidio; 11. Adelredus; 12. Burwoldus. This 

 list is adopted by Dr. Borlase in its entirety.''^ 



Dr. Heylin gives the names of thirteen Bishops : — " 1. S. 

 "Patroc; he lived circa an. 850 ;t 2. Athelstan; 3. Conanus; 

 " 4. Ruidocus ; 5. Aldredus ; 6. Britwinus ; 7. Athelstan II ; 8. 

 "Wolfij 9. Woronus; 10. Wolocus; 11. Stidio; 12. Aldredus; 

 *' 13. Burwoldus, or Brithwoldus, the last Bishop of Cornwall.":}: 



Cressy exhibits only a part of the list, saying : — " The first 

 "Bishop was Athelstan, and after him Conan, Euydoc, Aldred, 

 " and Brithwin." 1 1 



In a Calendar Book belonging to the Dean and Chapter of 

 Exeter, p. 59, the names of eleven Bishops of Cornwall are thus 

 given : — " 1. Athelstanus ; 2. Conanus ; 3. Ruydocus ; 4. Adelredus ; 

 " 5. Britwjoinus ; 6. Wolsi ; 7. Woronus ; 8. Wolocus ; 9. Stidio ; 

 "10. Adelredus; 11. Burwoldus." § 



Subsequent writers appear to have adopted one or other of 

 these lists without further inquiry. We are at a loss to conjecture 

 upon what documentary evidence the greater jDart of the names 

 rest; and in the absence of such testimony, most j)ersons will 

 agree with us in thinking that they are not entitled to any serious 

 consideration. 



The names conjecturally furnished by Dr. Whitaker, in his 

 *' Cathedral of Cornwall," IF refer to the British period of Cornish 

 History, upon whicb at present we do not propose to enter. Suf- 

 fice it to say, that some of the names produced by him are, as 

 Cornish Bishops, quite as dubious as the list of Bishop Godwin. 



We cannot therefore ai^cept the lists given by any of these 

 writers. Indeed nothing reliable seems to have been written on 

 the subject, until the publication in 1856 of " Pedler's Anglo-Saxon 

 Episcopate of Cornwall," — undoubtedly a most valuable and trust- 

 worthy work, and one to which the writer feels himself deeply 

 indebted. 



* Antiquities of Cornwall, Book iv, Chap, x, Sect. 4. 

 f An error of more than three centuries. 

 X Heylin's Help to English History, pp. 71, 72. 

 II Cressy^s Church History of Brittany, p. 832. 

 § Oliver's Monasticon, Addl. Supplt., page 1. 



^ They are, Kumon, Ph-an, Germoe, Carantoc, Herygh, Elidius, Mancus 

 Baruic or Barric, Hyldren, and Conoglasus. — Chap, v, Sect. 4. 



